Learn chess opening for white against the slav defense. There are various chess opening strategies, tricks, traps, moves and ideas that you can use to win more games. In this video, I will show you the Basics of the Slav Defense, which is one of the most solid openings for both white & black.

00:00 Why this variation?
00:45 First moves and the basic idea of 4.Bg5
02:10 4..Qb6 5..Qxb2
05:00 4..Qb6 5..e6
06:16 4..Nc6
06:38 4..Nc6 5..Qb6
09:29 4..Nc6 5..Nf6 6.Bxf6 exf6
10:55 4..Nc6 5..Nf6 6.Bxf6 gxf6
11:05 How to play with/against the bishop pair (general strategy)
12:58 4..Nc6 5..h6
14:10 4..Nc6 5..f6!?
16:30 3..h6 4..Qb6 very sharp line